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nouna cylindrical tower used for storing silagetype of:
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nounmilitary installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and firedtype of:
Definition that contains silo
- silicone any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation
- minuteman a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos
- silage fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
- genus psilotum type genus of the Psilotaceae
- psilotatae whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs
- class psilotatae whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs
- psilophyte any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant
- gymnopilus spectabilis a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin
- psilotum type genus of the Psilotaceae
- clostridium perfringens anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon